Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Keyboard Shortcuts and Tricks for the Editor

Love creating Polyvore sets? If so, you may have already uncovered some cool keyboard shortcuts and tricks to use in the editor. But in case you haven't, we wanted to share some quick shortcuts to use when you're creating your masterpieces:

You were mentioned - "Polyvore: For anyone who has ever stood in a clothing store pondering an adorable top and wondering what to pair it with, or anyone who’s played a similar game in their own closet, Polyvore is for you. Like a virtual Barbie, the associated website lets you mix and match pieces to create a style collage that you can pin to your own wall. Their Pinterest page hosts 35 boards with over 3,400 pins of celebrity style, accessories, home décor, hair, nails, and, of course, outfits upon glorious outfits. I see more Polyvore virtual outfits on my friends’ boards than any other fashion related pins due to the ability to create completely custom ensembles and see how each piece works together from head to toe. Want to wear it in the real world? Polyvore tells you where you can buy what’s posted on their site, or you can post images of things you find to their “ask” board so other members can help you track items down."

Lovely way to present these shortcuts, you guys. Very creative.I've been using cmd-Z a LOT ever since I learned about it... also cmd-A to select all. The other one that's fun is SHIFT-arrow... that one was new to me, and saves time (better than click-click-clicking on the arrow key!).Now here's where I get annoying and ask for something ;) Please don't swat me! I'm just wondering if it would be useful for users to be able to GROUP items, like you can in Photoshop. Let's say you've done a complicated background, and you're sure of it, and you don't want it to go anywhere as you drop the clothes in. If you could group it, then as you moved in other items, you could move them around and not accidentally affect a background element. Maybe something to discuss in a UI meeting? Hugs, y'all!

The shortcuts are a clever idea, but I've come with my own problem. I'm sorry if, in the following, I sound like I complain a lot but I really want this issue fixed.Whenever I crop items now on the editor, if I try to do the not-squareish crop, it doesn't show me the outline of where I am cropping, and when I've finished cropping it, I can't see the finished result of my crop until I click OK. Which is very frustrating when I am cropping very complicated pictures with lots of tricky details. Also, when I do the square crop, the picture totally disappears, so I have to guess where I need to crop it too, meaning that I have to click OK nearly five times to get it right. It is very frustrating. I used to love this website but now you have made it so difficult, I don't really want to go on it anymore. I also don't like the new layout when you are viewing the sets. When you click on a set, it was nice to have the other sets the person has made on the side of the page, but now they are on the top. This makes it very hard to see the actual set, as I have a small screen and the new bar takes up a lot of space. It also looks messy.Please fix these issues soon. Maybe have a survey on the new layout or something? And please fix the cropper so that I can get back to my usual daily set-making.To finish up on a lighter note, I really like how you can now follow people back on the activity page. It was a very good idea!Thankyou for being such a great website, and I hope the editor will be fixed soon.